__Vano wrote:I heard rumors that the harpy can be hit with the Big Stick (that is left over after it's used, unlike other items).

Adz.M wrote:You lose the stick after you use it on the goat on the C64 version.

Finally, checked this rumor!

The harpy kills me almost instantly, and even if I manage to use the Stick at that brief moment, it does nothing - just pops out to hover in mid-air.

Interestingly, after the item dialog closes, the harpy moves to its initial position so it can be bypassed this way. Alas, there's nothing but clear sky up beyond (yes, with no clouds). Busted another theory that alleged there were something.

The stones of the nest can be stepped onto, I even managed to set the respawn point onto them when I timed it so that I was standing there before the harpy touched me.

Jumping the highest possible to the right, I managed to land on top of the Hellgate. When I jumped to the right from there, Dizzy jumped through the empty sky above and began to slowly rolling to the right along the Hellgate screen's top, flickering between it and the sky screen above and ultimately falling off the edge of the world. He then flew through several empty sky screens (some of them had diamonds in them, allegedly corresponding to those still left on the map) and ultimately landed into the beyond the looking glass screen with the pawns (falling right onto the spikes and dying :v2_dizzy_down .
[INDENT]The thing that astonished me the most in this sequence is that I didn't fall through the inner stones in hellgate or see random stuff beyond the map (as would be the case if the program accessed memory beyond the map's area; there were the diamonds indeed but I wouldn't be able to collect them while airborne in any case). That's the quality they made programs of in that era!!!

[INDENT](I did fall through the frame of the pawns' screen but that must be 'cuz it's the same or lesser height than Dizzy's model box so when he spawns in it, there's empty space right under him).[/INDENT][/INDENT]

I couldn't jump to the left from as high above 'cuz the harpy was always blocking the way. And when I jumped from the nest's stones, it always touched and killed me before I left the screen. After seeing all of the above, however, I'm pretty sure there's just sky there as well. And I wouldn't reach the fake stairs above the geyser even if I jumped off the very left edge of the nest anyway.

So, this rumor is finally busted once and for all (heh, it's been like 20 years!!!)!